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LORIANA ESPINEL<\/strong>
Visual Artist<\/p>\n

Research-based painter working through calligraffiti as a structural system that integrates calligraphy, typography, and graffiti.<\/p>\n

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art@lorianaespinel.com\u00a0 | 832 298 2433 | lorianaespinel.com | Houston, TX<\/p>\n

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El \u00c1rbol de los Anhelos ~ Codex of Human Rights (2025\u2013Present)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Research-driven long-term project composed of 30 large-scale illuminated works dedicated to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Developed through calligraffiti as a text-based monumental practice.<\/p>\n

Phase I (five works) completed and exhibited in December 2025.
Currently in development and funding phase.<\/p>\n

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Chiribiquete<\/strong>
Consulate of Colombia, Houston | 2025\u2013Present<\/p>\n

El \u00c1rbol de los Anhelos: Codex of Human Rights (Phase I \u2014 First 5 Illuminations)<\/strong>
Art & Projects | 2025<\/p>\n

Chiribiquete: A Calligraffiti Exploration of Colombian Symbols<\/strong>
Sabine Street Studios, Sawyer Yards | 2024<\/p>\n

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Selected Participant \u2014 FORMA, 1st Cycle<\/strong>
Research-based contemporary art program
Escuela Experimental de Arte (EAT), Bogot\u00e1 (online)
March\u2013April 2026<\/p>\n

Selected Participant ~ Artist INC
Fresh Arts, Houston (in person) | 2025<\/p>\n

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Ongoing research into writing systems, calligraphic traditions, and visual language through specialized workshops and independent study, including Maya hieroglyphic writing, Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Gothic, and Arabic calligraphy, Islamic geometry, and Sumi-e painting.<\/p>\n

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Anaconda ~ Public Sculpture \/ Immersive Installation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Second version commissioned by University of Houston CMALS
Installed at Children\u2019s Museum of Houston | 2025<\/p>\n

Presented at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston | 2025<\/p>\n

First version- n Selected Artist\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cMyths and Leyendas\u201d Fall Festival<\/strong>
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) & ALMAAHH | 2024
Juried selection<\/p>\n

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Grant ~ Colombia in the World (Diaspora Program)
Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Knowledge of Colombia | 2025<\/p>\n

Recognition ~\u00a0 Programa de Apoyo al Arte Colombiano
Consulate of Colombia in Houston | 2025<\/p>\n

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I Am an Artist<\/strong>
Latino cARTographies Digital Boards, Houston | 2019\u2013Present
Organized by CMALS, University of Houston<\/p>\n

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Anaconda<\/strong>
MFAH Fall Festival | 2024<\/p>\n

Axis<\/strong>
ELC Fine Art Gallery | 2024<\/p>\n

Beauty in Abstract<\/strong>
BROUHAHAART Online Exhibition | 2024<\/p>\n

Stories of a Workforce<\/strong>
Houston Public Library | 2014<\/p>\n

White Tree<\/strong>
Lawndale Art Center, The Big Show | 2014<\/p>\n

Kyte<\/strong>
Jomar Gallery, Houston | 2012<\/p>\n

All Is Well: Series Kings<\/strong>
Talento Bilingue de Houston | 2011<\/p>\n

White<\/strong>
Fundaci\u00f3n Social Art Gallery, Bogot\u00e1 | 1993<\/p>\n

Muerte<\/strong>
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Conceptual Art Show, Bogot\u00e1 | 1991<\/p>\n

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Absolute Art Productions ~ \u00c1ngeles Romero Multimedia Theater Troupe<\/strong>
Multimedia theater collaboration | 2013\u20132020<\/p>\n

Teatro de los Sentidos ~ Enrique Vargas Theater Troupe<\/strong>
Production and design roles | 1991\u20131998<\/p>\n

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Immigration Process Interpreter | Present<\/p>\n

Facilitating communication for asylum seekers in legal contexts. This sustained engagement with displacement, testimony, and human rights informs my research-based calligraphic and monumental practice.<\/p>\n

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Stories of a Workforce | 2015
Killing Me Softly With Your Rights | 2012
Houston Is | 2007<\/p>\n

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Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA)
Visual Artist Association
Houston Calligraphy Guild
Visual Arts Alliance<\/p>\n

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CW39 Houston ~ H-Town Live | 2025
Intertwined Arts Blog | 2024
Peri\u00f3dico del Meta | 2024
Radio Nacional de Colombia | 2024<\/p>\n

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BA Visual Arts
Universidad de los Andes | 1999<\/p>\n

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